Sentences with phrase «than a straight line»

It has a natural tendency to move in a circle rather than a straight line.

To drive it quickly, in any direction other than a straight line, it's a handful.

A triangle of three players has one more link than a straight line of three players, and that's another passing angle for the defenders to cover.

It looks more like a stock market chart than a straight line up a hill.

Instead, they flew slightly off course, following more of a curve than a straight line.

Reading lives look more like a heartbeat than a straight line.

Some students cut a hole, rather than a straight line, for their mouth.

I became aware that the love of God — hesed, agape — is more of a zigzag than a straight line.

So I would pay more attention to the smaller deviations; aqnd when my eye does that, it sees a somewhat greater slope than the straight line plotted on this data.

As is the case with many big men, Williams's weight has been more of a sine wave than a straight line.

I enjoy corner carving more than straight line speed, so was happy to take the wheel when we got to back roads.

Drawing anything other than a straight line with precision also proves to be a bit finicky, although this only tends to become a complaint later in the game when you need to carefully judge the angle of a water chute or the like.

Wave The appearance of the wave captivated Kidner and wave theory became his obsession as he realised that a wave pattern produces many more possibilities than straight lines because waves can be put in or out of phase.

Lacerations tend to be ragged or uneven, rather than a straight line separating the skin.

Plotted one against the other, the result looks more like a slightly elongated cloud of dots than a straight line.

As policymakers use the term «resilience» to further convey stronger infrastructure or more efficient food delivery systems, that road is becoming more of a zigzag than a straight line.

The main means of harnessing 5,000 pounds of kinetic Lexus when it's time to go somewhere other than a straight line is VDIM, vehicle dynamics integrated management.

Rather than a straight line, a better description of the relationship between rates and multiples is nonlinear, i.e. the relationship changes depending on the level of rates.

The same back - and - forth movement that produces Doppler shifts also causes a star's path to appear as a zig - zag rather than a straight line.

The mixture was dough like in consistency and came out of the piping bag in blobs rather than straight lines.

On an x-ray with a front or rear view of the body, the spine of a person with scoliosis looks more like an «S» or a «C» than a straight line.

The V12 may be silky, but try to drive it hard in anything other than a straight line and things get un-smooth, fast.

Whatever the reason, the Wrangler feels like a tractor when going in any direction other than a straight line and when riding over bumps.

The Malinois has a tendency to run in a wide circle rather than a straight line.

Descriptions of all the Belgians include «natural tendency to move in a circle rather than a straight line», and «always in motion».

The latter difference arises from the fact that most GCMs display «time - varying feedback», which results in a curve on a Gregory plot rather than a straight line.